Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski issued the first vetoes of her tenure in office on Tuesday, crossing out several of the City Council's newly passed budget proposals for nearly $4 million of spending on affordable housing.
With a series of line-item vetoes announced Tuesday afternoon, Biskupski sought to undo the council’s decision to shift nearly $2.59 million held in the city’s Housing Trust Fund away from the administration-controlled Housing and Neighborhood Development Division and put it under the purview of another city agency.
The mayor, who is not seeking reelection when her term expires this year, also vetoed a council hold on another $1.